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Brian Lester Glanville (born 24 September 1931) is an English football writer and novelist. He was described by The Times as "the doyen of football writers—arguably the finest football writer of his—or any other—generation", [1] and by American journalist Paul Zimmerman as "the greatest football writer of all time."
His book, "Angels with Dirty Faces" won "Best Football Book" and "Best Historical Book" at the Polish Sports Book Awards (Sportowa Książka Roku) in 2018. [11] The Names Heard Long Ago won "Best Foreign Football Book" at the awards in 2023. [12] He won FSA Football Writer of the Year in 2012, 2017, 2021 and 2024. [13] [14]
Simon Kuper is a British, and naturalized French, author and journalist, best known for his work at the Financial Times and as a football writer. After studies at Oxford, Harvard University and the Technische Universität Berlin, Kuper started his career in journalism at the FT in 1994, where he today writes about a wide range of topics, such as politics, society, culture, sports and urban ...
He is the author, co-author, or editor of 8 books, [1] including the acclaimed America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation. [2] [3] MacCambridge's most recent book is '69 Chiefs: A Team, a Season and the Birth of Modern Kansas City, chronicling the Kansas City Chiefs' 1969 Super Bowl championship season. [4]
ESPN Books also is in charge of producing ESPN's yearly sports encyclopedia. It also controls its own book club and in addition it ranks the top selling sports books in ESPN Borders. Since 2008, it has co-published its books with Ballantine Books. Authors that have written books for ESPN Books include, Bill Simmons, Peter Keating and Ralph Wiley.
The Secret Footballer is the pseudonym of a former Premier League footballer who contributed articles to The Guardian newspaper and has written five books, I Am The Secret Footballer, Tales From The Secret Footballer, The Secret Footballer's Guide to the Modern Game, The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas, and How to Win: Lessons from the Premier League.
David Goldblatt (born 26 September 1965, London) is a British sports writer, broadcaster, sociologist, journalist and author. Among his books are The Games: A Global History of the Olympics, The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football, Futebol Nation: A Footballing History of Brazil, and The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Football (described as the "seminal football ...
Eduardo Hughes Galeano (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo ɣaleˈano]; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters".